The Lepel Inter-district Inspectorate for the Protection of Fauna and Flora reminds of the prohibition of fishing by the banned method of snagging.
Snagging is a method of catching fish by jerking spinning tackle with double or treble hooks attached to a fishing line (thread) with weights, without bait or lure. This method involves hooking and holding any fish accidentally encountered in the water by any part of its body, and in some cases, simultaneously injuring everything that swims in the path of these hooks with sharp hooks.
This method of fishing is barbaric, but poachers disregard this, as it is quite effective in areas with the largest fish concentrations during the spring spawning season, in depressions, and near hydraulic structures.
We remind you of the responsibility for fishing by the prohibited method of snagging: paragraph 3 of clause 2 of the Rules for Amateur Fishing states that snagging is a method of fishing using hook-based fishing gear, where fish are caught without bait or lure by hooking (holding) the fish by any part of its body. This method of fishing, in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 12 of clause 38 of the same Rules, is prohibited.
Fishing by the prohibited method of snagging entails administrative liability under Part 1 of Article 16.25 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus, in the form of a fine ranging from 10 to 30 base units, with confiscation of fishing gear or other aquatic animals and other items that served as the instrument or means of committing the said violation, or without confiscation. In addition, the legislation provides for compensation for damage caused to the environment by such fishing.
For clarity, we remind you that fishing lures are a broad category of artificial fishing lures designed to imitate real predatory animals and attract the attention of predatory fish by using appearance, bright colours, flashing reflections, movements, vibrations, and/or loud sounds to trigger the fish's predatory instinct and provoke an attack.
Living organisms and their parts attached to a fishing hook are baits. These are typically: insects, insect larvae (bloodworms), earthworms and aquatic worms, crustaceans, molluscs, and some other animals.
Dear anglers!
The Lepel Inter-district Inspectorate for the Protection of Fauna and Flora urges YOU to be rational consumers of natural resources, not to remain indifferent to the problems of preserving and increasing natural wealth. If you have information about committed, ongoing, or planned violations of environmental legislation, please report it to the 24-hour hotline of the State Inspectorate for the Protection of Fauna and Flora at 8 (033) 333 60 00 or to the Lepel Inter-district Inspectorate for the Protection of Fauna and Flora at 8-02132-3-43-85.